"The emotionally mature individual should completely accept the……" — Albert Ellis
"The emotionally mature individual should completely accept the fact that we live in a world of probability and chance, where there are not, nor probably ever will be, any absolute certainties, and should realize that it is not at all horrible, indeed—such a probabilistic, uncertain world."
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81 Quotes by Albert Ellis
Albert Ellis has 81 quotes on this site.
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Spirit and soul is horseshit of the worst sort. Obviously there are no fairies, no Santa Clauses, no spirits. What…
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If human emotions largely result from thinking, then one may appreciably control one's feelings by controlling one's thoughts - or…
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Much of what we call emotion is nothing more or less than a certain kind - a biased, prejudiced, or…
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People don't just get upset. They contribute to their upsetness. They always have the power to think, and to think…
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If people stopped looking on their emotions as ethereal, almost inhuman processes, and realistically viewed them as being largely composed…
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The emotionally sound person should be able to take risks, to ask himself what he really would like to do…
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You mainly feel the way you think.
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You never truly need what you want. That is the main and thoroughgoing key to serenity.
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The goal of all life is to have a ball.
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Eating is always a decision, nobody forces your hand to pick up food and put it into your mouth.
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The easy way out is often just that-the 'easy' way out of the most rewarding lifestyle.
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Neurosis is just a high-class word for whining.
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